Current Events > Pretty sure Sister Friede has killed me close to 300 times.

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NO HINTS OR ADVICE, PLEASE. NOT EVEN IN SPOILER TAGS BECAUSE SOMETIMES MY THUMB CAN'T RESIST THE URGE!

Just going by a rough estimate of how many videos of my attempts that I have deleted. I know it's over 200. Jesus fuck.

NO HINTS OR ADVICE, PLEASE. NOT EVEN IN SPOILER TAGS BECAUSE SOMETIMES MY THUMB CAN'T RESIST THE URGE!

Last year, my resolution was to defeat Wizpig in Diddy Kong Racing. I sank about 13 hours into the game over a span of two and a half days. After two decades of him being the one that got away, I finally got my revenge.

Whatever it takes, it's worth it.

I dunno how many times I tried, not nearly that many, but I was massively overleveled if it makes you feel better.

I haven't died that many times across every Souls game and Sister Friede isn't even the most difficult boss in the game.

FortuneCookie posted...

Last year, my resolution was to defeat Wizpig in Diddy Kong Racing. I sank about 13 hours into the game over a span of two and a half days. After two decades of him being the one that got away, I finally got my revenge.

Whatever it takes, it's worth it.

Thing is I'm on a time limit. I want to beat all the bosses in this game and Sekiro before Elden Ring releases. I was about one week ahead of schedule. I'm almost two weeks behind now thanks to this boss.

They were a fun fight.

Edit didn't see "not even in spoilers'

Irony posted...

I haven't died that many times across every Souls game and Sister Friede isn't even the most difficult boss in the game.

I've never stayed stuck on a boss this long, either.

Definitely one of the hardest Souls bosses.

Keep at it! You can do it.

Doe posted...

I never beat Midir in the next DLC.

He's pretty tough, but you just need to perfect your usage of your moments to attack him. If you get the timings down pretty well for when to "punish" him, you've got him.

She does not fuck around.

Midir is a pain because of his size

The trick is to kill her before she kills you.

OH MY GOD I got her to her last phase with SO many estus flasks. I had her pattern down pretty well, too. Then my hands started shaking violently and things just.... didn't work out.

Irony posted...

Midir is a pain because of his size

Midir is a pain because the instinct is to get under him and attack, but that causes him to use his flame breath which does so much damage. Once you figure out you're supposed to stand in front of him, and always stay there, the fight is a cakewalk.

NightMarishPie posted...

and always stay there, the fight is a cakewalk.

It really isn't he resists everything and moves around the stage on a whim. Worst of all the camera did not cooperate for me

I think my "hardest" Souls boss in terms of attempts required on a first playthrough is Martyr Logarius. I don't have the exact numbers, but it was 80+ attempts.

DeadBankerDream posted...

I think my "hardest" Souls boss in terms of attempts required on a first playthrough is Martyr Logarius. I don't have the exact numbers, but it was 80+ attempts.

Mine was probably Orphan of Kos or Fume Knight, x.x

Doe posted...

It really isn't he resists everything and moves around the stage on a whim. Worst of all the camera did not cooperate for me

the camera is definitely terrible, cannot defend that for sure. if you stand right in front of him though, he doesnt do the fire attack and sometimes will do the dash attack. imo, thats way better than the alternative

It's not even that her last form is unmanageable for me. It's just that I hardly ever get to practice it because something stupid always happens in the 2nd phase if not the 1st.

Midir's fire attack is fine. It's well telegraphed so I just run down to his tail and whack it until he gets out of the animation for that attack.

GrandConjuraton posted...

Mine was probably Orphan of Kos or Fume Knight, x.x

Every other boss fight that I had trouble with, I got to a point where I figured out what I was doing wrong and got better at fighting them until I was good enough to pull off a win.

With Orphan of Kos, I just got fucking lucky after dying over and over. I didnt feel like I had learned anything.

Never went back to that fight in NG+.

That wasn't even the boss fight I died the most in, but it's definitely the one I have the least confidence in repeating.

Made it to her last phase with 11 out of 13 flasks! Pretty sure her stamina didn't deplete when it should have on that last attempt but whatever. Didn't even scratch her. Waste of an Ember.

No more tonight

Friede's feet tho

GrandConjuraton posted...

Mine was probably Orphan of Kos or Fume Knight, x.x

Orphan of Kos was surprisingly easy for me, since I did it at the end of a platinum trophy run; spending so much time in the cursed chalice dungeons made the regular game seem trivial, since I was over leveled and stacked with awesome blood gems

That amygdala in the cursed dungeon though...that was the bane of my existence, hardest fight I've ever managed

Gwynevere posted...

Orphan of Kos was surprisingly easy for me, since I did it at the end of a platinum trophy run; spending so much time in the cursed chalice dungeons made the regular game seem trivial, since I was over leveled and stacked with awesome blood gems

That amygdala in the cursed dungeon though...that was the bane of my existence, hardest fight I've ever managed

That fight was extremely annoying, yes, :/ . I liked bringing in that NPC with the cannon to help get some staggers in.

GrandConjuraton posted...

That fight was extremely annoying, yes, :/ . I liked bringing in that NPC with the cannon to help get some staggers in.

Not a bad idea. I was doing an arcane + strength build, so I was using the holy moonlight sword beams to get in extra hits on the head. Took forever, but eventually paid off

Gonna resume after I get some Taco Bell breakfast.

I thought it worth mentioning that I haven't put ANY points into Vitality for this character, and I'm keeping my equip load at 70% or lower. Not using any rings to raise my equip load. So like 2 good hits from this boss can do me in.

I'm so inconsistent on this boss. Sometimes it seems her AI does the dumbest things and hands me the win. Other times, she does that invisible leap non-stop.

Then again, I only fight her now if I want to do the Ringed City DLC early.

Git gud

Her 1st form is easy once you notice her patterns but then it gets extremely bullshitty after that, even with an NPC partner. And of fucking course co-op isn't allowed there either so you have to subject yourself to dying over and over and over x100 until you've seen every frame of her attacks. Fuck that fight.

DeadBankerDream posted...

I think my "hardest" Souls boss in terms of attempts required on a first playthrough is Martyr Logarius. I don't have the exact numbers, but it was 80+ attempts.

Really? Dude is easy if you just maneuver away from his cursed skulls and shoot his staff. I do realize though Soulsborne is the only franchise where almost every boss is subjectively difficult or not.

Jagr_68 posted...

And of fucking course co-op isn't allowed there either so you have to subject yourself to dying over and over and over x100 until you've seen every frame of her attacks. Fuck that fight.

No, you can summon other players. Watched a guy shred her health bar with the painted guardians blade.

FortuneCookie posted...

Last year, my resolution was to defeat Wizpig in Diddy Kong Racing. I sank about 13 hours into the game over a span of two and a half days. After two decades of him being the one that got away, I finally got my revenge.

Whatever it takes, it's worth it.

I'm assuming we're talking about the cart Wizpig. Who did you use? I used heavy characters but noticed my acceleration with those were so poor that even one mistake basically meant it was over. I decided to go with the mouse (whatever her name is) and beat him in less than 10 tries. Never used her outside of Wizpig but for him it was way easier and a lot more forgiving.

If you're talking about the second race against him, I found that to be a lot easier than the cart race. Any character will suffice with enough practice.

Jagr_68 posted...

Really? Dude is easy if you just maneuver away from his cursed skulls and shoot his staff. I do realize though Soulsborne is the only franchise where almost every boss is subjectively difficult or not.

Yeah, I dunno. Maybe I was just stuck in my way and this was the first time I got really challenged as to that way working. Can't remember what that was, but I can only imagine it was Ludwig's greatsword spam with little care to mixing up other forms/weapons. I think when I finally got him I switched to hunter's axe spin to win spam after seeing it knocking him down or something.

loafy013 posted...

No, you can summon other players. Watched a guy shred her health bar with the painted guardians blade.

Dang I never bothered because a source said it wasn't possible to call in even while embered. I did try that weapon and stacked as many knives as possible for bleeding but I felt it was less difficult to attack long-range with the executioner's greatsword.

DeadBankerDream posted...

Yeah, I dunno. Maybe I was just stuck in my way and this was the first time I got really challenged as to that way working. Can't remember what that was, but I can only imagine it was Ludwig's greatsword spam with little care to mixing up other forms/weapons. I think when I finally got him I switched to hunter's axe spin to win spam after seeing it knocking him down or something.

Ludwig's blade is definitely the most OP weapon in BB because of its high stat rapier-form and thrust bonus against arcane/celestial types. I was doing the same thing against him until I gave up and switched to the Saw Cleaver because it was faster against Logarius. Very tough and cool boss but he's beatable when you realize how wide open to attack his when he spawns skulls.

FUCK! I did it! First try today! I spent a couple hours soul farming for some new spells and attunement slots. The spell Great Chaos Fire Orb seemed to help with the 2nd phase.

https://youtu.be/XEZq-qA5yHk

Made it to the last phase with a record-breaking 12 estus, and goddammit it took every last one of them.

Grats. Now do the significantly less shit DLC.

Now do the significantly better Ringed City

There's another boss in Ariandel that I still haven't fought yet.

This was so hard that I literally devised my own quick kill on one of the phases of this fight. I would instantly lock on to Freide at the start of phase 2 and use a throwing knife. This causes her to jump towards you and you can sprint underneath her to get to the monster. When doing this he always uses his slow lava spill attack which lets you get behind him and annihilate the health bar while Freide is still on the other side of the map.

Doe posted...

This was so hard that I literally devised my own quick kill on one of the phases of this fight. I would instantly lock on to Freide at the start of phase 2 and use a throwing knife. This causes her to jump towards you and you can sprint underneath her to get to the monster. When doing this he always uses his slow lava spill attack which lets you get behind him and annihilate the health bar while Freide is still on the other side of the map.

Nice. Always cool when you've just HAD it so the details in the subconscious part of your brain just say "fuck it, we're going to make this easy." Kind of like an adrenaline rush when you really need to get something done IRL and a lot of things suddenly click for you.

I think what helped on my last run was I ignored the bitch while she healed him, and just kept attacking him. Since I damaged faster than she healed, it was better than running off to hit her stationary ass while dude is running rampant every-fuckingwhere.

Slayer_22 posted...

You're gonna click on this thinking it's advice, but it's me! Dio!

Good luck, TC! Not a big fan of Souls games but from what I understand, they're challenging lol

Lol I waited till I was done. Good looking out, fam. @Slayer_22

Metal_Bug posted...

Lol I waited till I was done. Good looking out, fam. @Slayer_22

You can now be proud that you resisted it for that long.

loafy013 posted...

I'm so inconsistent on this boss. Sometimes it seems her AI does the dumbest things and hands me the win. Other times, she does that invisible leap non-stop.

In the first phase I'm usually relieved when she turns invisible. I'm good at finding her so it's almost a guaranteed hit for me. In the last phase, her attacks while invisible are pretty non-threatening. I never mind.